Confidence Flashcards
1
Q
Define self confidence
A
A persons belief in their ability to achieve success
2
Q
Define self efficacy
A
Level of self confidence in a specific situation
3
Q
What 4 factors is a performer’s self efficacy based on? (according to bandora)
A
Performance accomplishments
Vicarious experience
Verbal persuasion
Emotional arousal
4
Q
Explain performance accomplishments
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- Previous success at the task
- What you have achieved in training and competition forms the basis of further expectations as to your success or failure
- Repeated success leads to positive expectations of future success
5
Q
Explain vicarious experience
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Watching others of a similar standard successfully perform a skill
-‘if she can do it then so can i ‘
6
Q
Explain verbal persuasion
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- Encouragement from significant others
- Reasoning and encouraging a performer to build their confidence
- Often from a coach
7
Q
Explain emotional arousal
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- Perceiving physiological arousal as indicating emotion
- Interpreting increases in heart and breathing rate as being positive responses (preparing the body) rather than negative responses will increase performance
8
Q
Strategies to increase self efficacy
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Goal setting, routine, imagery, cognitive techniques, performance accomplishment s
